One thing that bothered me about learning Mandarin (coming from Japanese) is the lack of a ton of good movies/anime/music etc..

Here's some good stuff that I've found.

Music:

Youtube:
许巍 - some cool alternative chill rock
MC Hotdog - has a ton of good rap
Soft Lipa - more rap

Assorted rock and rap songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PX0WeyRGVw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hVTPWZ32yM
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/Djb7GMWHBIw/

Some movies:

Rush hour dubbed: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/v5204rOUQ6U/
独自等待 (Romantic comedy): http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzY1MTMxMjg=.html
DBZ: (Tons of episodes) http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/4aOAsttW4bw/
Porco Rosso: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/eyQkeNqHsHM/
Alien (4?): http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/ttkPQTR3Klw/
Ants: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/ham9mP-wReM/
Forget the english name... 丛林大又攻： http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/EIOp4FaGTYQ/
海底总动员 (Finding Nemo): http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/8LbJI1RcPnI/
Shrek 3：http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/H7eIpHf7Q-o/

Another way to find a ton of good stuff is to download PPLive, and use http://www.atmovies.com.tw/home/ to translate movie names, then search for them there (or in Tudou).

Some things that I've found:

Xmen1,2,3 and Origins.
All of Jackie Chan's films dubbed.
All of Jet Li.
Most of Hayao Miyazaki (Howl's, Mononoke, etc..)
Naruto
Doraemon

I'll probably post up some more in a few days if anyone finds this helpful.

Best,

zer0range Wrote:Forget the english name... 丛林大又攻： http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/EIOp4FaGTYQ/

Show off...

But seriously, thanks! There's some really quality stuff here!!!

There's a ton of good stuff available (for purchase) at books.com.tw

I've gotten all 5 Harry Potter (哈利波特) movies with Chinese dubs/subs, as well as a bunch of Disney movies (Mulan/花木蘭, The Little Mermaid/小美人魚, The Jungle Book/森林王子), Shrek (史瑞克) 1-3, and a bunch of HK movies dubbed in Mandarin (花樣年華/In The Mood For Love, 2046, 功夫/Kung Fu Hustle, etc.). You can find titles with Simplified or Traditional subtitles (or sometimes both), but of course since it's a Taiwanese site there are more titles with Traditional subtitles (which everyone should learn to read even if you're learning Simplified).

The great thing about books.com.tw is that the movies are inexpensive (esp. Disney movies compared to prices in the US), they ship quickly, and shipping charges are very reasonable. The last time I ordered from them, I got my order of 5 movies after only 3 days, and I believe the shipping charge was like $6. Not bad.

I'll have to try them... for some reason YesAsia takes an eon for anything to get to me.

I also need to hit up the Chinatown in　ＳＦ one of these days.

Quote:But seriously, thanks! There's some really quality stuff here!!!

Glad you liked it, I'll try to post up some more this weekend.

zer0range Wrote:I also need to hit up the Chinatown in　ＳＦ one of these days.

If I were lucky enough to live near a real Chinatown, you'd never be able to find me at home. When I lived in Boston, half my free time was spent in Chinatown (I couldn't speak at the time), and when I'd travel down to NYC sometimes I wouldn't even leave the Chinatown area while I was in town. So much fun, and I took it for granted until I moved to TX (grr).

Little link, many movies/shows:

http://so.tudou.com/psearch/%E5%9B%BD%E8...ore_page_2

All of these are links to playlists of dubbed material. You can find stuff like LoTR1-3, some Starwars, One Piece, Bleach, Studio Ghibli, Disney (I've been enjoying 罗兵汉) etc...

A few songs I've been enjoying lately..

Soft Lipa:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCwe5_Zf8...re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WJ-7CeyQ...re=related

Great links! Do you know of a method to download entire playlists? So far I can only download individual episodes via clibnabber

In another post someone posted this:
http://tv.sogou.com/series/yqlklxy.html
Starts with a serious wtf-factor.
Also good is this:
http://tv.sogou.com/top/teleplay/index.html
Here you can see what is hot in China right now, includes streaming-links.

Unfortunately I don't know of any way to download entire playlists.. if I stumble on a way I'll certainly share it.

A movie I've been watching recently "非常完美“ it's a 大陆 romantic comedy, pretty good watch.

Also, 我的青春谁做主 is not bad.

Pretty sure they're both on Tudou.

Edit: Thanks for the two links, looks like good stuff!

Here's a cool website - not media perse, it's explaining some English grammar points in Chinese. Good for advanced readers, or beginners (just use the example sentences).

http://www.cybertranslator.idv.tw/gramma..._of_ed.htm

Funny rap, 參劈+MC Hotdog:

叶问 (Ip Man). Great watch!

http://www.tudou.com/playlist/playindex....255&cid=22

http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-...859532.htm 谷哥(google)在中国的情况。。。 还讨论那个”信息自由“话题的文章。

Also, here's the lyrics to the first verse of 新裤子 你就是我的明星

我拼命的想你
wo3 pin1ming4 de ai3 ni3
不顾一切追随你
bu2gu4 yi2qie4 zhui1sui4 ni3
我拼命的爱你
wo3 pin1ming4 de ai3 ni3
就算偶像已死去
jiu4suan4 ou3xiang4 yi3 si3qu4
虽然你不能再歌唱
sui1ran2 ni3 bu4 neng2 zai4 ge1 chang4
无法忘记过去的时光
wu2fa3 wang4ji4 guo4qu4 de shi2guang1
偶然打开收音机
ou3ran2 da3kai1 shou1yin1ji1
找到失落的回忆
zhao3 dao4 shi1luo4 de hui2yi4

some other websites:
http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/

and on this site you have a chapter of an audio book: (mp3 + text in characters + pinyin)
http://pinyin.info/news/2009/pinyin-with...-besieged/

Series/movies:
- http://sugoideas.com/search/engsub
- http://www.mysoju.com/browse/taiwanese-movie/
- http://www.dramacrazy.net/

首先欢迎到RTH！

Quote:http://pinyin.info/news/2009/pinyin-wit … -besieged/

好厉害！真巧了， 我早打算读那本书。。。 多谢！

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTMyMzQ3NzQ4.html

japanese and their silly ideas... （里面还有美女！）

Dwelling Narrowness (snails house): a very good soap, about housing problems in Shanghai (and corruption, relationships, etc.). Very realistic, and good quality.
Huge success here in China, even after the government forbade broadcasting.
http://www.viikii.net/videos/watch/52246/1

That link doesn't work for me... got another?

Also, an episode of Soul Eater in Mandarin (can't find any other though.. was it cancelled after one episode?)

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/wiNI4QwC8nE/

Anyone have links to news with exact subs?

Any links to Mando news with Chinese subitles please??

http://v.ku6.com/show/12Wy-a6L-ML4RXfa.html

more of human interest, but not bad.

Score! Website with a bunch of audio books (also has accompanying texts)!

I've been reading/listening to 平凡的世界.

http://www.mmmppp333.com/text/story/pingfan.htm

Youku and tudou.com has an awesome amount of dramas and stuff
But I got a "this video not available for your territory" error when I try to watch them from Japan.
Any idea on this?

trusmis Wrote:Youku and tudou.com has an awesome amount of dramas and stuff
But I got a "this video not available for your territory" error when I try to watch them from Japan.
Any idea on this?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=proxy ^_^

You can also check out http://www.avistaz.com . They have torrents for a lot of East Asian movies. Most of the Chinese movies have dual audio tracks for Cantonese and Mandarin, and are also subtitled. They're a good resource.

Okay, figured I'd test the water with this and see if there's interest.

Here's a link to a news clip (美国之音 voice of america)

http://www.filefactory.com/file/b0d49f2/...ewsbit.mp3

Today I transcribed it (minus one of the interviews that I thought was bland) and had a few errors corrected by a native speaker. I didn't think about sharing it at the time, so it's all split up into my flash cards. If anyone does want it, let me know and I'll put it all together to post it.